“We can all understand the need for another lockdown, but it was certainly short notice,” was the comment from Lakes Entrance Action and Development Association (LEADA) president, Bruce Hurley. At 11am on Saturday, Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, announced regional Victoria would go into lockdown from 1pm. “Events like the Lakes Entrance Farmers’ Market were in full swing and were getting...

Rebecca Brown took over the Trading Post six years ago and believes she only got two good years in before there was a downturn. Rebecca thinks the internet has done the most damage to a business such as hers. “There are so many avenues over the internet to sell second hand goods these days, sites like Ebay, Buy Swap and Sell, Facebook etc, made it hard for us,” she said. Relying on not only...

The Lake Tyers Beach community is excited to see the old shop being completely refurbished and are greatly anticipating its opening. New owners, Steve Franklin and Rommel Canoy, are keen to create a café/providore style store, which will bring a little bit of Melbourne to the coast. At the very start of the COVID pandemic they decided to escape the city and were looking for a coastal area to...

While there are currently no COVID-19 cases detected in the East Gippsland region, positive viral fragments were detected in local wastewater in the Lakes Entrance area.  The positive sample was taken between August 8 and 11. As a result, Gippsland Regional Public Health Unit (GRPHU) on Friday asked the community to be vigilant and get tested if experiencing any symptoms, however minor. The...

Yet another business has reached the end of an era in Lakes Entrance with Loud Music preparing to close its doors.  Proprietor, Andrew (Surf) Stuivenberg, has owned the store for the past twelve years. “I worked for Ken Porter for two years, then he decided to offload it so I bought the business,” Andrew said. Andrew had been a photographer prior and claims technology has now put him out of...